The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-11

ULsapEoaEcQ Will Ii. ne Hcut W VIC
Hotel Clarendon, where be remained
for several days until he learned that
the detectives were on his track, when
be left hurriedly tor Salt Lake City. In
August, 1880, under the name of Mar.
Gus La Pierre Beresford, he presented
the London Bank, Salt Lake City,
draft for f150 on the firm of Ransom,
Bauviere & Co. He was given 5000 n
money and draft for $47o on Morton,
Bliss Il Co., the agents in NV Yo.k.
He was identified by g Captain Med
hurst, and the First National Bank
cashed his draft. It was soon discov-
cred that this check on Ransom, Bau
veire & Co. was forgery, but he had
left town and was not heard from until
November Goth when one of Inspector
BYrnes' men arrested him on the Astor
place.
LOCKED UP.
He was locked up to await the action
of the Salt Lake City authorities. At the
same time charge of obtaining money
under false pretences was brought
against him by Albert Speyers, Broad
Street broker, from whom he btained
500 on the pretense OF being an Eng
lish lord about to return to England.
His name was then @. Pelham Clinton.
On December 2, 1880, he was taken to
the Jefferson Market Court, where he
was identified by many people as the
man who had swin0led them under
different aliases. It came out that he
was known in San Francisco under the
name of Sir Harry Vane Tempest, and
at Portland, Maine, by the name of
Lieut.. Dennison, r. n. At the latter
place he gave away many photographs
of himself taken in the uniform OF an
English officer, with verse of poetry
on the back. 1t was a'ways the same
verse, and was as follows:
The Bible is my engineer,
1t points the road to Heaven;
If you'll repent and turn from sin,
The train will surely take you i'll.
In Boston he was Sir. Hugh Courte-
nay. at all these places be played the
same game, borrowing money when
ever he could and swindling whenever
he got the opportunity. In Richmond
Va, he was Pelham Clinton, and the
chief of police in Galveston, Tex, has
his photograph, taken when he was
Charles Claude Montague BERTHE. AS
Robert Raymond Arundle he was driven
out of Buffalo for not paying his hotel
bills and for debts and for forgeries. a
Charles Pelham Clinton he was wanted
in Montreal, Canada, for q little conf
dence game on a merchant there.
TRIED AND ACQUITTED.
On December ID, 1880, deputy came
from Salt Lake City with warrant for
his arrest on the charge Of forgery. He
was released on writ by Judge Dono-
hue, and Immediately re-arrested and
taken to Salt Lake City. He was tried
there and acquitted on account OF i'll
sufficient evidence. While in Salt Lake
City he was again arrested by the New
York police authorities and brought to
New York, charged with forging an ac-
ceptance of a bill of exchange for the
sum of 972, by Herbert s. Sanguinette,
OF No. Is Pail Mall, London, England
He was delivered to the captain of the
steamship Spain, of the National Line
that sailed from New York to England
on May IA, 1881, and was delivered by
him to the police authorities of Liver
pool and taken to London, when he was
credited with FIVE years sentence. He
was sentenced to three months at hard
labor in Cierkenwell Prison, London, on
October II, 1881, under the name OF
Marcus Bsresford, alias Walter Con-
stable Maxwell. He was sftsrwaId
shipped to one of the West India
islands, but turned up again in Boston,
Mass. The same fall before his depart
ure from England he undoubtedly
studied up thoroughly the pedigrees of
many English families of noble titles.
Here in Newark Talbot has attended
nearly all the large social events which
have recently taken place, He was pre-
sent at the great wedding of last week
and has been at most of the prominent
residences during the past few days.
Dinners have been given in his honor
and at them he has met the elite of tots
city, He adopted free and easy man.
nsr and frequently asked his male
friends 10 call him Jaeg.
@ AcoUA1NTAEeEs AsTogEDED.
a large number of Newarkers, who
had known Talbot in society, heard the
rnmors to-day, aud2there fwas some
thing like cons formation among his sc
qua.ntances. There was generally
disbelief at first, but the feeling changed
entirely when some of the facts became
known. How much money Talbot has
borrowed or what other financial trans
actions he has had can not be told, r
is it likely that this will ever be known.
He said recently. ia slluding to money
matters, that be had Eots played his
trump card. The Significance Of the al
fusion was not then fully appreciated. A
Thousand and one instances are given of
Talbot's connection with Newark society
and of the various stories he told. Last
week he was rsjested as a member of an
exclusive social club after lively dis
cussion. the reason given being that be
was not sufficiently known. but the real
cause being that one of the members
hadjust learned of suspicious ineiE ents
in his career. His letters of introduc-
hon have not bsen examined, but they
came from persons of prominence. ap-
parently, one of them being from John
Taylor Johnson. He was accepted al
most without question, and where he
had once secured foothold it was easy
to extend bis acquaintance. Inspector
Byrnes salu to-day hat there was no
present charge against Cou-tenay re-
quiring his arrest except that of gen.
eral confden man. Talbot left this
city yesterday afternoon in a hurry,
and as heitas not appeared ida" it is